Awards and Volunteer Recognition Committees
These committees are responsible for soliciting and judging entries to the annual planning awards and volunteer recognition awards program. These awards celebrate the work of our members and stand as tribute to the excellent contributions their work makes to the field of planning.
Planning Awards Committee
Kellie Lau RPP - Chair
Bart Carswell RPP
Isela Contreras RPP
Vicki Dodge RPP
Jordan Furness RPP
Daniel Mercer RPP
Volunteer Recognition Awards Committee
Josephine Duquette RPP - Chair
Nancy Hackett RPP
Dale Frietag RPP
Stephanie Mah RPP
Student Awards and Legacy Fund Committee
Sarah Ramey RPP - Chair
Dana Bao RPP
Gary Buchanan RPP
Jordan Furness RPP
Lilit Houlder RPP
Nicholas Kuhl RPP
Kristina Schmidt RPP
Event Committees
These committees function to offer networking and educational opportunities to our members, largely in the form of luncheon presentations on issues that are both timely and relevant to the practice of planning. They generally offer a series of events to each local planning community over the course of the fall/winter/spring. Opportunities for involvement in these committees always exist – either as a part of the organizing team or as one of the informed speakers they tend to attract.
Calgary Event Committee
Courtney Laurence RPP - Chair
Sydney Bailey RPP
Aaron Bomback RPP
Julie Brache RPP
Patrick Churchman RPP
Khalid Mohammed RPP
Gary Willson RPP
Jordan Zukowski RPP
Jessica Anderson
Hailey Bloom
Keith Holmes
Alima Pal
Rachel Smigelski
Edmonton Event Committee
Lisa Drury RPP - Chair
Claudia Palylyk RPP
Lilit Houlder RPP
Connor Smith RPP
Taylor Varro RPP
Stephen Yu RPP
Ross Zimmerman
Northern Event Committee
Chris Hewitt RPP
Margaret Kralt RPP
South Event Committee
Spencer Croil RPP
Tyson Boylan RPP
Conference Organizing Committee
On an annual basis, this committee administers the APPI Planning Conference. The work involved is varied and challenging as this committee is responsible for all facets of a successful conference – program definition, speaker selection, sponsor contributions and marketing.
2025 Conference Committee
Christine Lee RPP - Co-Chair
Stephen Yu RPP - Co-Chair
Janna Bradshaw RPP
Dino Civitarese RPP
Neal LaMontagne RPP
Nabil Malik RPP
Randall McKay RPP
Erin O'Neill RPP
Misty Sklar RPP
Coralie Volker RPP
Liz Pollock
History and Archive Curator
Erik Backstrom RPP
Nominating Committee
Appointed each year for the purposes of recruiting members to serve on Council for the upcoming Council term, membership on this committee is approved by Council each fall and the Committee’s work terminates in the spring with the announcement of the slate of candidates for the upcoming election.
Tammy Henry RPP - Chair
Shawn Bravander RPP
Gary Buchanan RPP
PLAN North West Editorial Board
PLAN North West is the official publication of the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI), Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI) and Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute (SPPI). PLAN North West offers opportunities for publication of original works that are both community-based and research oriented, and relevant to Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.
Ariel Lupu RPP
Fabio Coppola RPP
Miles Dibble RPP
Samantha Mark RPP
Kyle Whitfield PHD, RPP
Lenore Swystun RPP
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) - Working Group
Nabil Malik RPP - Chair
Isela Contreras-Dogbe RPP
Nicole Cronkhite
Sue Holdsworth RPP
Sarah Peck RPP
Sanchari Quader RPP
Peter Scholz RPP
Imai Welch RPP
Navneal Greywall
Martina MacFarlane